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by a former member

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Has anyone had trouble with it? It is a Powertoy from Microsoft. I have NET Framework 1, 1.1, 2, and 3 installed. OS is WinXP SP2.

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by Former member

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by Former member

Could you be more specific.
What do you need to know?.
I do not use it, but if you have/had a problem with it, please say.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

by Former member

I have it installed, and the proper GUI changes have occurred, but the function is not present. Resize appears in the right-click menu, but nothing appears to happen when resizing image files via the right-click. What is the reason for the malfunction?

by ontheropes

I used it on a picture that was larger than 640 x 480 and it worked as advertised.

If you have the options set to NOT make the picture larger and it'll already fit the resolution you want there really won't be any change to the picture will there?

I used this picture: http://weathersavvy.com/desert1_OPT.jpg and ended up with a image size of 640 x 425 when making it fit into a 640 x 480 box, so to speak.

by older mycroft

I have no experience of any 'resizer' powertoy so cannot comment on it.

If you are wanting to make the file size smaller you could try using IrfanView together with the IrfanView Shell-Extension, which allows you access via the right-click context menu, directly from the Explorer view of the image file itself.

by older mycroft

So, most of the Powertoys don't work for me.

But if you are finding that this particular powertoy doesn't work for you, perhaps you should check your Regional Settings, or dump the powertoy and try using IrfanView which is not regional-setting dependant. ;)

Plus - I doubt if the Resizer Powertoy allows you to crop and adjust the image directly, without having to navigate to, and then open yet another program. :)

by ontheropes

All the Resizer Powertoy allows you to do is to fit a larger sized image into one of 4 common resolutions and any-sized custom resolution.

This is a screenshot of the menu:

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